regular boat ladders do not feel safe to me, a friend nearly drowned after they hit their head and could lift their leg up to the ladder step at the waterline.

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cant sail and can barely produce solar power due to wildfire smoke, can the little Honda manage to give us enough charge to safely transit Seymour narrow with over 10 knots of current?

found a boom replacement for freee !

Broke my Main Sail Boom in the middle of nowhere, 60nm to the nearest town. I need to figure out a jury rig as I do not want to rely on my motor in waters open to swell

A sweet summer cruise goes a little SOUR! Main sail boom breaks in 25 knot wind 60nm away from the next port!

weather takes a turn for the worst and one of my worst case scenario takes place in a very remote location.

clock is ticking and winter is coming 200nm to go and snow is on the forecast!

300nm to go and its threatening to snow! Better get moving!

week end trip in the gulf island provides prefect conditions for a cruising speed test

we rush through the Salish sea Dinghy less with no way to shore, pick up an antique davidsons row boat project and settle into to our new anchorage for 2 months

transiting one of the fastest tidal narrows completely under sail Seymour narrow can bring currents up to 16knots and has claimed many lives before the removal of ripple rock in a massive explosion.

while transiting Johnstone strait Oka encounters a large pod of curious Pacific White Sided DOLPHINS that played in the bow for an hour!!

15 DAYS 400miles through narrow tidal channels can we make it in time?

Along with the electric conversion, off grid power generation is a priority so I needed to come up with a solar arch design I could build easily in the remotes of the central coast of british columbia but also needed to be very custom build to fit around the mizzen sail and windvane while carrying a large solar array.

We score a free beat up generator while waiting for the right weather window to carry on north across Queen Charlotte sound. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YLRU7Y7LDVW66

transiting johnstone can go from 0 to 100 real fast but luckily the weather was fair(ish) and we timed the tides right! https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YLRU7Y7LDVW66

cruising around with a small battery Bank on the electric powered boat is like only having a Jerry can fuel for a diesel engine. I really have to plan my travels well I have to forecast the weather know exactly what the wind is going to be doing in every Channel. unfortunately in this episode there is not a lot of actual sailing since I've lost all of the footage. https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YLRU7Y7LDVW66

THE END OF THE DIESEL DIARIES! Now fully electric Oka glides along silently despite the fact that her heavy displacement and full keel traditional design are the worst case scenario for electric propulsion. This is a compilation of months of work on a tight paycheck to paycheck budget to build my own system... WHILE NOT HAVING A CLUE WHAT IT IS I AM DOING! want to help out? https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=YLRU7Y7LDVW66 motor https://www.electricmotorsport.com/me1616-sevcon-gen4-48v-650a-liquid-cooled-motor-drive-system.html batteries https://www.lynaclithium.com/product/51-2v-72ah-platinum-series/ solar https://www.lynaclithium.com/product/455w-solar-panel-lr4-72hph-455m/ inverter/charger https://volts.ca/products/pmp482305100-multiplus-ii-48-3000-35-50-120v?variant=39790513356962